Funerals
Birthday Girls' House Party. Fun-er-al with Brett Goldstein. Audio, 39 minutes
Late-night conversation with comedians Beattie Edmondson, Rose Johnson and Camille Ucan.
- AttributionBBC Radio 1
- Available for over a year
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- Posted25 May 2018
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- Posted17 May 2018
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- Posted9 May 2018
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- Posted3 May 2018
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- Posted14 April 2018
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- Posted1 April 2018
The Essay. Nothing Is Real - Pop's Struggle with Authenticity, The rock'n'roll funeral. Audio, 14 minutes
David Hepworth asks if pop music has any place in the great ceremonies of life and death.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Digital Human. Series 12, Ritual. Audio, 30 minutes
Aleks Krotoski explores whether we use rituals enough in the digital world.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Inquiry. What Can We Do With Our Dead? Audio, 23 minutes
Cemeteries around the world are fast running out of space.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted1 September 2017
The Funeral Singer. Audio, 30 minutes
Reverend Kate Bottley investigates the growth of professional funeral singers in Britain.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
Heart and Soul. Giving Death Back to the People. Audio, 27 minutes
An intimate portrait of a funeral director committed to doing death differently…
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Living with the Dead. Audio, 27 minutes
How some Indonesians live with dead family members for years
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Songs for the Dead. Audio, 27 minutes
The role of Irish keeners - women who were paid to cry, wail and sing over the dead
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Simon Evans Goes to Market. Series 3, Death. Audio, 30 minutes
From paying for funerals to cryonics, what are the economics of death?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for 10 months
Songs for the Dead. Audio, 30 minutes
Marie-Louise Muir explores the lost tradition of keening for the dead in Ireland.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Design Dimension. Series 3, Death by Design. Audio, 28 minutes
Tom Dyckhoff examines the importance of design after death.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Assignment. Greece: No Place to Die. Audio, 23 minutes
The complex business of dying in Greece where the dead are exhumed after three years
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Crossing Continents. Greece: No Place to Die. Audio, 28 minutes
The complex business of dying in Greece. With Chloe Hadjimatheou.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Thinking Allowed. Zoos explored, Funeral arranging. Audio, 28 minutes
Laurie Taylor goes on a sociological safari, plus a look at reasons behind funeral choices
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
5 Live Investigates. Doping in rugby and funeral costs. Audio, 47 minutes
How serious is doping in grassroots rugby? Plus the rising cost of funerals.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
